Azuragrion nigridorsum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Azuragrion nigridorsum, the black-tailed bluet or sailing bluet, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 70th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sailing Bluet in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month. That is one of iSimangaliso Wetland Park's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sailing Bluet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Sailing Bluet sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Sailing Bluet that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Common Citril (about 30%), Common Bluetail (about 20%) and Catshead Sprite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sailing Bluet is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (29 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
